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We finished another long day, from Champex, Switzerland. This is the northern most point on the TMB trail. About 3 hours into our hike, in the middle of a cow pasture high above the valley we encountered the Alp Bovine cafe! It was almost at the high point of our hike today. We had a sandwich and. Old drink there before continuing to Hotel De La Forclaz. The hike ...

... mountain lake. We strolled through neat little villages "hamlets" with old barns from the 1800's. They were adjacent to modern chalets... But many of the old barns appeared to be occupied by families. Much of today's hike was in the trees which provided lost shade. Since we left Refugio Bonatti the temperature has been so much ...

... headed to the little restaurant and enjoyed the local specialty of potatoes with melted cheese out on the grass. (I like Swiss food!). When we were ready to get back on the trail to finish our hike for the day, we pulled out the itinerary to find the name of our hotel. Much to our surprise, we had already arrived! How lucky we not walked the rest of the way to the bigger village where we thought we were staying! Our activity for the afternoon was a long nap! We slept until ...

... if it had been Nicole would have thrown out some of my stuff, because it would have been at least 7 kg, compared to Alain's 4. Our lodging tonight is very nice, with the cows in the nearby paddock, their bells ringing out. The dormitories look fairly new, and well appointed, but still there are 6 of us in the room. John and I, Monica and Neil, and Louise and Leia. It said in our trip notes that we could buy a shower at the various ...

... help us with everything even translating for us on our arrival with our hosts who we do not see or hear for the next 4 days.

Sunday

Today we go up in the cable car to the very top of Mont Blanc it is 3800 meters and quite a fast ride. I am suffering from the altitude and it is very hard to breath and my lips are blue by the time we get to the top. I struggle into the warmth of the ...